“My Ancona baby chick arrived to me in what seemed like good condition. After day 3 I could see there was something wrong with her. She would have a hard time getting food, she lost her balance and footing. Others would not let her drink or eat so we would feed her separately. After week 1 we finally realized why our Ancona was not growing and eating or showing the same energy that all the others would show. She had a twisted neck. She can only turn right and that was why she had a hard time getting to the food crate and water bowl. I read that this was because she had some type of disease that makes the neck go sideways or backward. I was disappointed to discover this as I was really interested in having this breed of chicken. I am keeping my weird Ancona and she is growing strong now. She is in week 3 and is now fighting for her place in the food bowl. She flies out of the breeder and stands up for herself against her sisters. My biggest concern is whether or not we will be able to eat her eggs with her having this disease. In any case, this was the only issue we had with our flock. Other than that we are happy with our chicks.”
“Angie the Ancona was part of a rare breed mix I ordered in March 2022. She has always been the most active in the group, which I expected. Flighty for sure, but curious and very talkative. I will say, she is very striking with her giant comb, yellow legs and mottled feathers. Of the 9 girls, she was the fourth to lay, at 33 weeks (all late bloomers I guess). She lays a bright white egg daily for me, my only white egg layer actually! I'm glad to have her, even if she's not a breed I would normally choose.”
“I got two Ancona's from MPC, and both ending up having more white accents than pictured. One was super sweet, and would fly/run up me to get on my shoulder. This second girl I have now is more independent, but is still pretty talkative and she does come up on her own some to socialize. What's pretty cool is she's my only white egg layer right now, but everyday, I have one white egg out there. They are smaller than my EE's eggs, but that's fine with me, because I appreciate the yolks most anyways for cooking, so I'd rather have more eggs than bigger eggs. These birds are on the smallish side too, and since there are good foragers, I feel like they are an economical choice for eggs. No need to feed a big meat bird if I only want eggs and pets anyways :) 10/10”
“My Ancona is a nice little hen. She lays Medium White eggs. Her comb is HUGE, though, and has been damaged by the very cold temperatures, even though I was careful to put vaseline on her comb. I have no complaints about her, but I would not get another one because of the huge comb.”
“My Ancona is definitely the friendliest and by far the most curious out of my flock. She loves to follow us around and is always trying to sit on our shoulders. Super friendly and highly recommended for people with kiddos.”
“I still haven‚Äôt decided my thoughts on this breed. I have two Ancona, received the middle of August 2020. Neither of them are really laying, between the two of them I have gotten 10 ‚Äúfairy‚Äù eggs (teeny tiny yoke less eggs). I decided on this breed since the description said ‚Äúgood layers‚Äù. I have gotten a few normal size eggs (maybe 10 between the two of them since the beginning of March). They are coming up to being 10 months old, so wondering at what age do they become ‚Äúgood layers‚Äù? Yes they are very vocal and ‚Äútalk‚Äù to me whenever I enter the coop or run. I‚Äôm really hoping they start laying consistently soon.”
